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Are you tired of answering the same questions over and over again?

Always available class tutor:

Have you ever wished for someone to help you -especiallywhen the class needs to go on and you have students who ask questions about what was already covered or those who need a little extra tutoring/explanation?

Easily record your lesson/instruction with: or . . ., and then make available the instruction so the students always have access to it via iPod or the class Edmodo, etc!!

Your options:

• screencast-o-matic

• promethean smartboard

• (Broadcast lessons via Edmodo)

• Turn your iPad into a whiteboad to record and display instruction: ShowMeapp or with StoryKit app

Or

Offer already teacher created explanations/tutorials on classroom computers!

• Khan academy (tablet & smartphone apps)

Motivate Students:

• 5 great motivational videos: educationaltechnology
• 5 great example of innovative student thinking: educationaltechnology

Discussion & Collaboration Tools:

Blogs:

• What are blogs?: Common Craft

• 3 Ways to Use Classroom blogs: freetech4teachers.com

• Easily set up a Wordpress blog for your class (via NISD): http://learningspace.nisd.net/ -Once you have set up your blog - Log in here

• 3 classroom blogging tips: the tempered radical

Backchanneling - Live (real time) Discussion boards

• What is backchanneling or a collaboration tool? & many tools listed!: Educational Technology Tips

• -Powerpoint of a few tips on Backchanneling - Class Discussion which everyone has a voice and can remain anonymous : RichardByrnes

• Great Backchannel tool!: http://todaysmeet.com/

Polling & Discussion:

• SocrativeInstructions: - Student: Open a second computer/smartphone and go to m.socrative.com - Student: Join the Room ###.

• How to use Twitter hashtags for groups/subjects: learnitin5

• Take polls via cell phones with mulitple choice or open-ended questions -can upload questions from documents!: http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Discussion Tools:

Voice Thread: "VoiceThread is a totally web-based application that allows you to place collections of media like images, videos, documents, and presentations at the center of an asynchronous conversation. A VoiceThread allows people to have conversations and to make comments using any mix of text, a microphone, a web cam, a telephone, or uploaded audio file. VoiceThread runs inside your web browser, so there is no software to download, install, or update." -Penn State

Video Chatting:

• Video chat with multiple people, screen share too: Google Hangouts

Students Connect and Collaborate with Students from Around the World:

• http://uclass.org/

Giving Quizzes, taking surveys, etc:

• Google Forms

• Premade Google Form Templates: https://sites.google.com/site/kernkelley/forms

Building your Teacher and/or Student Resource Pages:

1. Edmodo -sign up with NISD!!: Edmodo

2. Wikispaces -for presenting or collaboration:

• Teacher page example: MrT

• Student page example: MrTedesco

• What is a Wiki? - view video: commoncraft

• Wiki-how-to & why createa wiki & video on step #1-how to sign-up for a wiki

• ===Step #2 video- how to create a wiki *I will embed this wiki here:

Manage websites & bookmarks:

• Manage bookmarks & highlight webpages & share - How-to-with Diigo

Create community/volunteer lists:

• Invites volunteers and sends out reminders: http://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm

Learn some cool Tech Tools:

• This website has a complete list categorized by function:

• Create an avatar of yourself -20 ways: thedaringlibrarian